How environmental concerns impact on disciplinary research

Edited by Gavin Birch

The Australian community has become increasingly concerned about environmental issues, resulting in the Australian government placing a higher priority on global warming and climate change. This unique compilation, Water, Wind, Art and Debate highlights current research across a variety of Humanities and Science disciplines.

Gavin Birch is an associate professor in environmental geology at the University of Sydney.

Foreword

Part 1
Legal and political issues1. A slow burn: the
emergence of climate change law in AustraliaTim Stephens2. Global warming and
discourses of uncertainty: buying time, buying business and engendering riskStuart Rosewarne3. State of the
environment reporting by local government: Australian evidence on compliance
and contentRosina Mladenovic
and Sandra van der Laan4. Framing
responsibility: global firms’ environmental motivationsJohn Mikler5. Economising water: the
changing status of water in the political economyDanielle Spruyt

Part 2
Scientific viewpoints6. Management of water
resources under uncertainty: what does the future hold?R. Willem Vervoort7. A short geological and
environmental history of the Sydney estuary, AustraliaGavin Birch8. Energy from offshore
wind: an overview Dong-Sheng Jeng
and Yun Zheng9. Household environmental
pressure from consumption: an Australian environmental atlasChristopher Dey, Charles Berger,
Barney Foran, Miles Foran, Rowena Joske, Manfred Lenzen and Richard Wood

Part 3
Community issues10. Civilising nature:
museums and the environmentJennifer Barrett
and Phil McManus11. Not just a pretty
picture: art as ecological communicationCatriona Moore12. Framing the debate:
an analysis of the Australian Government’s 2006 nuclear energy campaignGabrielle
Higgins, Catherine Maggs, Mathew McKenzie, Eike Christian Meuter and Erin Semon